THERAPIST RESIDENT I - Geriatric Residency

Position Summary:

The Therapist Resident: Geriatric Residency

• Works under the direct supervision of the Team Coordinator and/or Clinical Specialist, and leadership of the Rehab Therapy Services Team Leader and/or
• Inpatient or Outpatient Manager. In addition, the therapist Resident works under the direction of the resident director and in collaboration with the resident
• faculty in conjunction with the Team leadership.
• Collaborates with the residency director and residency faculty to ensure the residency curriculum most enhances learning and achievement.
• Uses objective evaluation techniques to assess the physical limitations and medical condition of patients who have neuromusculoskeletal and/or
• cardiopulmonary disabilities
• Prescribes and implements a treatment program which is designed to return patients to their maximum level of function
• Rotates through assigned areas of department or may have the opportunity to focus on one service area
• Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary health care team to maximize patient and team outcomes
• Promotes improvement in service, department and hospital systems to benefit patient care based upon the most current evidence
• Incorporates and operationalizes the goals and objectives of the Hospital at the site of care
• Achieves at least 80% on all exams and competencies as a measure of successful achievement of residency curriculum.
• Achieves minimum outcome criteria for all didactic experiences, university teaching, clinical experiences, and preparation of scholarly activity (i.e. chapter, case report, clinical commentary, professional presentation, etc).

Education:

• Completion of a Bachelor of Science, Master’s Degree or Doctorate from an accredited Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy or Speech Language Pathology academic program.

Required Licensure, Certification, Etc.:

• Licensure from State of Maryland. Annual CPR certification.

Work Experience:

• Successful completion of clinical internships as required by academic program.